Wahoo--I still have a job! My boss's line was "Was there ever a doubt?".
The guy who used to run the company wrote a book about how only the paranoid survive. I haven't read the book, but the the title says most of it. I take it like this--when you're paranoid, you are attentive, careful, diligent, and cautious. Those things are the make sure you don't slip up, and thus you are always okay.
It's when you get comfortable, stop worrying, and settle into a routine that you can make mistakes, miss little clues, and make mistakes (some little, some perhaps large). *That's* when you things come back to bite you.
So, in my perspective, it *was* the worrying that kept me okay. It might be a mental mind trick, but it's worked for me for the 14 years I've been at there. :)
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About Me
- Martin C. Nagel
- Martin works as an Application Developer and Technical Lead at a large manufacturing company in the Phoenix valley. In that role, he writes and maintains a quality application that checks the quality of the materials used in the manufacturing process. He has a variety of programming skills in various web, batch processing, and database languages. He has been developing computer applications professionally at five companies since graduating with his Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems from DeVry in 1985. He has additional professional interests. He participates in a variety of safety teams as an office ergonomics assessor, emergency response team leader, and safety communications. He also teaches classes about agile thinking and database unit testing. Outside of work, he occasionally teaches and performs as a middle eastern drummer, lift weights, and spends time with his wife and two daughters. He's an avid supporter of the U.S. Bill of Rights 2nd Amendment, a National Rifle Association (NRA) life member, certified NRA instructor for five NRA classes, shooting range life member, Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) member and volunteer, and runs 2nd Amendment Shop, L.L.C.
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